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Wana Brands teams up with Gofire

November 14, 2019
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PRESS RELEASE Consumers can utilize Precision Dosing for Colorado’s Most Popular Terpene Blends Boulder, Colo. (Nov. 14, 2019) — Wana Brands, America’s favorite infused product manufacturer, is bringing Colorado’s top selling distillate blends to Gofire’s SmartCartridge and patented Gofire Inhaler.…

Kraft Heinz’s VC arm leads $23M investment in cannabis startup

October 16, 2019
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Less than a month after announcing a new Denver HQ, cannabis tech startup Flowhub has closed a $23 million Series A. Flowhub is a cannabis retail software company that helps dispensaries by delivering compliance, point of sale, inventory tracking and business intelligence…

Breathalyzer for cannabis, backed by Philly investor, could be a ‘game changer’ for legalization efforts

When New Jersey lawmakers debated earlier this year whether to legalize recreational use of marijuana, the Garden State’s police organizations were adamantly against it. The cops said that legal weed might lead to an explosion in the numbers of impaired…

Medical marijuana ‘POS’ software crashes, preventing sales to sick patients in Pennsylvania

Medical marijuana patients across the state couldn’t buy medicines yesterday due to an update in a tracking software system that’s supposed to track sales, not prevent them. The Pennsylvania Department of Health requires all marijuana transactions to be processed through…

Confusion reigns as Maine rolls out its marijuana tracking system

The state's pot policy office initially describes a costly tagging system for tracing products from plant to retail, then offers a more business-friendly explanation hours later. The state marijuana industry didn’t like what it saw when it got its first…

Marijuana makes you paranoid? Study suggests your genes are to blame

Weed makes me paranoid. I ate an edible once and became super panicky and I never want to use cannabis again. Marijuana’s supposed to calm you down, but it always makes me feel the opposite. You’ve probably heard such remarks…

Helix TCS Closes Amercanex Acquisition

September 13, 2019
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PRESS RELEASE Denver, CO, Sept. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Helix TCS, Inc. (OTCQB: HLIX) (the "Company"), the leading provider of critical infrastructure services to the legal cannabis industry, finalized its previously announced acquisition of Amercanex (the "Transaction"), a B2B wholesale marketplace…

How Weed Tech Companies Are Letting Smokers Control Their High

September 10, 2019
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From the medical community into the recreational market, tech companies are tackling an age-old marijuana problem: How can cannabis users get the consistent high they want? The Gofire vaporizer looks like a walkie-talkie with a mouth groove on top. Hardly…

When Is A Dose Not A Dose? Innovation Standards Will Make Or Break The Industry

August 28, 2019
Joe Hodas
Op-Ed, Science and Technology, The Buck Stops Here
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I don't think anyone would deny that innovation is key to propelling a nascent, disorganized and immature industry into one that shows signs of longevity, impact and importance. That is to say, industries do not mature (tech, manufacturing, etc.) without…

LSSU Cannabis Center Of Excellence Sponsored By Agilent

August 22, 2019
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PRESS RELEASE Collaboration will facilitate education and research in cannabis chemistry and analysis SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Lake Superior State University and Agilent Technologies Inc. have formed a strategic relationship to facilitate education and research in cannabis chemistry and…

Flavonoid Derivative of Cannabis Demonstrates Therapeutic Potential in Preclinical Models of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

August 20, 2019
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Pancreatic cancer is particularly refractory to modern therapies, with a 5-year survival rate for patients at a dismal 8%. One of the significant barriers to effective treatment is the immunosuppressive pancreatic tumor microenvironment and development of resistance to treatment. New…

Utah Selects Akerna to Run Its Seed-To-Sale Tracking Program

PRESS RELEASE State will use next generation Leaf Data Systems, setting new standard for government regulation DENVER, August 14, 2019 — Akerna Corp. (Nasdaq: KERN), a leading seed-to-sale regulatory compliance technology provider and developer of the cannabis industry’s first enterprise…

Vaping linked to marijuana use in young people, research says

Young people who vape are more likely to use marijuana, according to a study published Monday. The findings, researchers say, support the theory that nicotine rewires the developing brain, changing how people respond to and crave addictive substances. "Adolescents have…

Is Marijuana Safe When Pregnant? Researchers Want Clearer Answers

CHICAGO (AP) — Pregnancy started out rough for Leslie Siu. Morning sickness and migraines had her reeling and barely able to function at a demanding New York marketing job, so like rising numbers of U.S. mothers-to-be, she turned to marijuana.…

Software glitches prevent higher marijuana sales in Washington state

Some companies lost hundreds of thousands in sales, forcing them to furlough some workers SEATTLE (AP) — At least a dozen marijuana samples typically show up every day at Trace Analytics, a lab in Spokane that tests products for Washington’s…